Tornado devastates Texas towns and causes multiple deaths
Reports from Wise county Texas describe a powerful tornado that destroyed Slidell and surrounding areas, killing several including A D Price and two Negro men named Clark, injuring about twenty, with five farm buildings wiped out and many houses damaged. The storm extended east toward Bolivar Crafton and Laredo, causing further fatalities and widespread ruin.
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Fort. Worth
Tex
Wise County
Here
Slidell
Bridgeport
Decatur
Henry
Will Cook
Sander
Sanger
A. D. Price
Price
Bolivar
Brewster
Kan
Chicago
Thomas County
Colorado State Line
Rock Island Railroad
Topeka
Laredo
Mar
Mexican National Railroad
Sisters of Guadeloupe
Loma Vista Heights
May
McCulloch
Barnett
Andrews
Moore
Scovil
Lasarita
National Railroad
Fair Weather for the Ex-President on Ocean Voyage
The Roosevelt party sails aboard the Hamburg with fair seas and light seasickness. Roosevelt and son Kermit are seen walking the decks and discussing Africa expedition plans. Emperor William and the German entourage plan a rendezvous later, with travel to Venice and Corfu, then Messina before returning to Wiesbaden.
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Hamburg
Siasconset
Mass
Roosevelt
Africa
Kermit
Berlin
Emperor Wiliam
Theodore Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Mr. Roosevelt
Aden
Red Sea
Emperor William
Venice
Europe
William
Germany
Hohenzollern
Corfu
Bis
Messina
Welsbaden
Bomb Explodes in Chicago Agent Home in Attempted Assassination
A dynamite device blown into the Clark Street residence of James Macaluso, wealthy steamship agent, and his family. The blast tore the front of the building, tossed Macaluso and two children from bed, and shook the neighborhood as frightened Italians fled. In Brooklyn, Joseph Genaro, a cigar maker and alleged father of a vaudeville performer, was shot and killed in a Black Hand linked crime.
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Chicago
James Macaluso
Clark Street
Macaluso
New York
Lst
Black Hand” Society
Brooklyn
Joseph Genaro
Roosevelt Feeling Bully On Board S 8 Hamburg Trip
Theodore Roosevelt former president travels east aboard the S. 8 Hamburg from New York to Africa in good spirits, saying he feels bully after a long voyage. His son Kermit suffers seasickness but the elder Roosevelt reports sleeping well and enjoying the journey as the party rests on deck and dines at Captain Burmeister's table.
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Hamburg
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
New York
Africa
Europe
Kermit
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Capt. Burmeister
Michigan Man Swindled by Simple Tricks
London report notes Judge Wallace sentencing three men to 21, 15, and nine months for swindling Dr. Marriott Hutchins, president of the Lake County Michigan board of education, out of 1000 in cash and a diamond ring. Thieves claimed to distribute 50 000 for charitable purposes after gaining trust as a guarantee of good faith.
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London
Wallace
Marriott Hutchins
Board of Education of
Lake Country
Mich
Castro Arrives in Paris En Route to South America
Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president arrived in Paris from Dresden on his way to Bordeaux where he boards the steamer Guadaloupe Friday for South America continuing his exile and travels through Europe.
Missing funds report shocks Carlton County treasurer
Short in accounts of Carlton county treasurer Peter W Erb of St Paul Minnesota totals 3500 dollars and has vanished, state public examiner's reports indicate the loss appears as of yesterday and investigations are underway.
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St. Paul, Minn
Peter W Erb
Carlton County
Woman Suspect in Whitla Kidnap Ransom Case Identified
Willie Whitla identified James H. Boyle and his wife as the man and woman who abducted him from his Sharon, Pennsylvania school and held him in a Cleveland house for a $10,000 ransom paid by his father Attorney James P. Whitla. Boyle, a Sharon plumber, is believed to be the prisoner. his wife professed the impact of her identification. The couple appeared before a grand jury on blackmail charges based on the ransom, and will be held for extradition proceedings to Sharon.
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Sharon
Willie Whitla
Cleveland
Harry Forker
Forker
Mgr. Whitla
Saline
Kohler
Willie
Granger House
Whitla
James P. Whitla
James H. Boyle
Ashtabula
East End
Boyle
Central Police Station
County Court House
Ohio
Grand Jury
Sharon School
Pennsylvania
Missing Youth Found in England and Near East Coast
Glenn Prater aged 20 son of a wealthy farmer of West Liberty Ohio was found in an asylum in England after a global search. He will arrive in New York soon accompanied by a minister who located him and cabled the family with the whereabouts.
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England
West Liberty
Ohio
Glenn Prater
Don
Eagland
New York
Two Die In Gasoline Launch Explosion At Crittenden
In James River near Crittenden Virginia an explosion aboard a gasoline launch burned Richard L. Armstrong of Portsmouth and Howard Mathews of this place. A match near the gasoline tank is blamed for the blast.
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Crittenden
James River
Richard L. Armstrong
Portsmouth
Howard Mathews
British Ambassador James Bryce Given Cal University Honor
The University of California awards Doctor of Laws to James Bryce the British Ambassador marking the first university honor since 1903 when President Roosevelt received the degree. The Academy Council approves the award at Berkeley California.
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James Bryce
Berkeley
Cal
Academy Council
University of California
Roosevelt
Braves Prison to Attend Funeral in Bryan Ohio
Daniel C. Baxter, indicted for arson for two years, returned from Detroit to Bryan to attend the funeral of Sydney M. Gleason, his former business associate, amid potential penitentiary exposure. Wrights Pupils Can Fly in Pau France. Count De Lambert and Paul Tris made successful Wright aeroplane flights. Hachman flew solo for twenty minutes.
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Braves
Bryan
Ohio
Daniel C. Baxter
Detroit
Sydney M. Gleason
Wright
Pau
France
Count de Lambert
Paul Tris
Sandler
Mr. Wright
Hach
Death by own action ends desperate flight for financier
Harrisburg, March 25. Frederick H. Richardson, sought in Harrisburg and New York for about 300000 frauds, trapped in Hotel Lynch. He slammed his door on Police Chief and shot himself, dying instantly. once president of Richardson Shoe Co, insolvency in 1907 tied to false bank statements. His flight from Chicago to Pittsburg led to Harrisburg pursuit.
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Harrisburg
Frederic H. Richardson
New York
Chicago
J . Richardson
Lynch
Bimba
Richardson
Richardson Shoe Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Elmira
Polee George
Miners Decide For Peace With Operators
Scranton Pennsylvannia March 25 miners committee refrains from strike calling and favors peace. A resolution may seek a Taft commission to compare current conditions with 1902. Dispatch notes support for continued work without a pact until readiness to press demands.
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Scranton
Miners’ Union
Taft
Music Hall
Lewis
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa, contact details show House phone 461 Black and Office 263 Black, followed by the fragment Attintia.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Black
Attintia
Mother Kills Babes and Self in Connecticut River Tragedy
In Limebury Connecticut on March 25 the bodies of Mrs Amos Miller and her two children were found in the Farming-ton river. The children were tied together before drowning. A note by Mrs Miller suggested she killed them and herself while mentally distressed. Her husband found the note after returning home.
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Limebury
Conn
Amos Miller
Farmington
Father Slays Own Daughter On Busy East Side Street
New York reports Miss Anna A Mangano a Hast Street school teacher was shot and killed by her father as she walked to work watched by teachers and pupils. He fired twice then tried to shoot himself but was stopped by Adolph Schwartz a passerby.
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New York
Upper East Side
Anna A. Mangano
Hast
One Hundred and Second Street
Mangano
Adolph Schwartz
Comrade Dies as Roosevelt Sails for Africa
Cincinnati dispatch reports Maj. E. H. Brown of San Juan Hill died of apoplexy at Fort Thomas Kentucky during a dinner at the fort as Theodore Roosevelt sailed from New York for Africa.
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Roosevelt Salle
Cincinnati
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Africa
San Juan
Hill
Fort Thomas
Taft Nominates Wire for Southern District of New York
President Taft announced the nomination of Henry A. Wire as United States district attorney for the southern district of New York to succeed Henry L. Stimson, whose resignation was accepted in Washington on March 25.
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Washington
Mar
Taft
Henry A. Wire
United States
New York
Henry L. Stimgon
Railroad picks new officials in Pennsylvania board reshuffle
Philadelphia reports indicate major management changes as the Pennsylvania Railroad announces a new board. W W Atterbury is moved up to fifth vice president and Ww Heyward Myers becomes general manager. A Muskegon Civil War veteran, 74, burned to death while attempting to save a shotgun in a burning home.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
W W. Atterbury
Ww. Heyward Myers
Northern Central Railway
Tre
Muskegon
Mich
William Mauterstock
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O. M. Bailey
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Colorado
Edson
Sherman County
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Rock Island
Noves
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Guggenheim
Supreme Court
Gerard
William Guggenheim
Ilinoia
Michigan
Dr. Marriott Hutchins
Xer
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F. H. Richardson
Policy Committee
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
4Th
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
C. B. Clovis
Melcher’s
G, R, Miller
Gillespie Building
Musson
C. G. Clark
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical Physician
Opera House
T. B. Swan
DR. C. 'L, Campbell
Rez
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
Sts
Atlantia
U.S. Mullins
Mus&ox
K-Ray Laboratory
Charles DO. Finley
Josephine Cook
Finley
Chestnut St
Babes
Self
New York Street
Butler
M. H. Butler
J. A. Giffen
O. Thurman Furniture Company
W. My Bailey Bate
Bell
M . Musson
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D. O. Herbert
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